SAINT JHN

On Dec 17th, Saint Jhn performed at Webster Hall in NYC, and his show now ranks among the top 5 concerts I've ever been to. This drawing was made before the concert actually, about a month ago in November. I really enjoy drawing black & white contrasted portraits of artists I love, and now I'm so glad I have this one, because the concert elevated his status even higher as one of my favorite artists. His music is fun, danceable, has witty lyrics, and sounds fantastic a cappella. Go listen!!!

Peony - a page from the sketchbook

All I had handy was a blue pen. Flowers are not intimidating objects to draw. I think it seems that way sometimes because the more petals that are added, the more layers that are stacked, and the more strokes that are folded in, gives the drawing some element of depth. However, depth and visual complexity does not equate to difficult to draw. In fact, if you break down this drawing line by line, it really is just a bunch of squiggly lines. How you draw, shape, and weave those lines together determines the success or failure of a drawing. I'm not by any means calling this a masterpiece, but I am just emphasizing how simple these things really are. So for anyone that wants to have a New Year's Resolution to look at their phone less, scroll less, watch less - just pick up a pen and paper and start drawing squiggly lines!! 

Recent Sketches

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Half stippling / ink

Cheetah in red pen on back of a receipt

The Garden Painting in Progress

City x Veins pt. 2

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Painting in Progress..............

Painting is so different than drawing or sketching. I forgot how evocative color can be, how freeing paint strokes can be, how satisfying the scale of a canvas is. And how patient you have to be. This is the first time really painting in maybe six or seven years.....a bit rusty on some of the acrylic painting techniques and color theory, but it's just been fun to see this girl start coming to life a little 

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The Studio

Observation sketch of a small space

Elevated negative space cube observation sketch

I picked up this book on architecture, and one of the pages resonated with me (pictured above), so I decided to give that method a go. Oftentimes it's easy to jump into the details straightaway and then draw outwards from there, but it ends up messing up the proportions or holistic image you have in your head of what you want the final drawing to be. Rather, imagine drawing the box it came in, and look at each element of the image - especially if it is a freehand observation - in proportion to the rest of its parts. The simplest objects can be the most challenging, as I found in this exercise. I laugh just comparing the first and second pictures - the first stage of a drawing is so different than the refined final image. 

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Drawing of a girl looking down

1/3/19

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